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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

Crotchets in CLI & Ap

Quavers & rests in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The alignment of the notation of the L.H. to the rhythm of the previous bars introduced in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE) is an undeniable improvement.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

E-minor in CLI (interpretation) & Ap

E-minor in FE (→EE2→EE3)

E-major in GE1

E-major in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE4
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On the 2nd beat of the bar in the R.H. we give the E minor triad (with a  before g2) according to FE (→EE2→EE3) and Ap. The natural is, however, absent in FEcor and it was also not included in the copy which served as the base text for GE. In order to avoid the mode discrepancy between the parts of both hands, the reviser of GE1 took the decision to add a  raising g1 into g1 in the L.H. In GE2 and subsequent ones, an additional  was added before g2 in the R.H. These arbitrary changes were also introduced in EE4. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9-10

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

  in Ap

cresc. - - - in FEcor

cresc. in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The   pair of signs in Ap may be considered as an alternative to cresc. - - - in FEcor. In the finished version of FE (→GE,EE) the dashes limiting the range of the dynamic scope were omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9-17

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

No marks in CLI & Ap

Dots in FE (→GE,EE) 
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All staccato dots in the part of the L.H. were written by Chopin himself in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9-13

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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The cautionary naturals before c1 in the L.H. were added in bars 9 and 13 in one of the last proofreadings of FE (→GE). They are also included in EE, except for the  overlooked in bar 13 in EE2. The manuscripts do not include any signs in these places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE